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Date: 1843 - 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: E-216-f-041

Description: View from above Grafton Gully, covered in dense bush, with fenced hills and Governor Hobson's grave in the cemetery to the left. Government House is left of centre in the middle distance and three other houses overlooking Grafton Gully are somewhat closer on the right, one of them the home of William Connell, the first Postmaster-General and his wife Isabella. In the distance across the water, the flagstaff marks Mount Victoria, with Rangitoto beyond that. The flat island further off, left of centre is Tiritiri. Painted in early 1843, before the artist moved to an appointment at Russell. A fence has been raised around Governor Hobson's grave. The funeral had taken place in November 1842. Compare Mitford's very similar view at E-216-f-111 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink; also on verso, alternative title in pencil: Entrance to the Harbour, Auckland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 161 x 244 mm

Date: 22 Feb 1960

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1960/0657-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1845 - 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Melville, Henry, 1792-1870

Reference: A-449-012

Description: View from the top of the Terrace looking down over Te Aro Flat with Mount Victoria in the distance. Manners Street can clearly be seen in the bottom left of the picture, leading to the Wesleyan Chapel on the right-hand side of the road. Wellington Harbour can be seen on the left of the view, with ships dotted in the harbour The reference to 'Captain Sharpe' should correctly be Captain Sharp. Captain Charles Kingsford Sharp owned a house at the top of The Terrace, Wellington, where Salamanca Road joins The Terrace Extended Title - From Brees, S. C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London, 1847. Panorama plate Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 110 x 310 mm on sheet 125 x 440 mm

Date: 14 Mar 1960

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1960/0892-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: [between 1920-1988]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05401-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: ¼ plate Glass negative

Date: 22 Aug 1959

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1959/2895-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm Processing information: Title updated October 2016 after identification of the team as Wanganui Collegiate First IV by a researcher.

Date: 13 Aug 1946

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-03076-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: ¼ plate Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1893

By: New Zealand Graphic and Star Printing Works; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: D-001-005

Description: View from the lower end of the Terrace, looking down into the Aro Valley and Te Aro Flat and across towards Mount Victoria, Oriental Bay and the Miramar Peninsula. Part of the Thorndon end of the city can be seen on the left. Courtenay Place runs away from the viewer in the centre of the scene, with Marjoribanks Street moving up Mount Victoria. The gasometers on both sides of Courtenay Place show clearly. On the far right in the distance is Wellington College. Same as D-001-005-a, -b & -c and as a framed version at G-385 Extended Title - Supplement to the Christmas number of the New Zealand Graphic, 1893 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 360 x 940 on sheet 455 x 1015 mm

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000148-G

Description: View of Campbell's Point from Parnell with Devonport and Mount Victoria visible in the distance across the Waitemata Harbour. A large vessel can be seen at anchor opposite the Point. Photograph taken by William Price ca 1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Campbell's Point. Parnell. Auckland. No 3084. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 11 Oct 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/4145-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1930

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62704-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Leo White Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1888

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: D-032-002

Description: Shows a view of Wellington and Wellington Harbour as far as the Hutt Valley. The view includes the Terrace and Terrace prison, the streets and buildings of Oriental Bay and Te Aro on the flat, including gasometers, chimneys and churches (St John's and St Peter's Willis Street), the houses on Mount Victoria, Somes Island. Three cows and a calf are attended by a man with a staff, in the foreground. The image is similar to that at C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but extends further on either side. The scale is very similar, but the images of the buildings are not identical. Unlike most other Aubrey works held in the Library, both of these pictures use some gum arabic in the foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C Aubrey 1888 Very similar to C-030-025, "[Te Aro and Wellington Harbour]", but includes detail on both sides missing in Te Aro and Wellingon Harbour. Unlike most other Aubrey works held by the Library, this work uses some gum arabic in the foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 531 x 918 mm. Provenance: Possibly owned by Ivan Napier, Greytown, 1970s or early 1980s. In Harnett & Wedde winter antique auction, 1987, purchased Brierley's Ltd, Wellington.

Date: [ca 12 September 1989]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1989/3286/13-F

Description: Star Boating Club building being moved into position beside the Wellington Rowing Club building at the end of Taranaki Street Wharf on Wellington waterfront. Shows Mount Victoria in the background. Photograph taken ca 12 September 1989 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm strip. Finding Aids: Photocopy of print available in Evening Post illustrations file EP-Transport-Shipping-Harbour Board-Waterfront 1 (17/2).

Date: [ca 1878]

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-041-1

Description: Part 1 of a 5 part panorama of Wellington City from Mount Victoria, circa 1878. Looks south west towards Newtown, with Wellington College on the left and Brougham Street running from the right to the centre. Photograph taken by Theodor Bloch. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 25 November 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/233/05-G

Description: Hutt vs Wellington cricket match at the Basin Reserve with St Mark's Church and the suburb of Mt Victoria in the background. Photograph taken circa 25 November 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1865 - 1880

By: Chapman, Henry Samuel, 1803-1881

Reference: G-250

Description: View across Waitemata Harbour entrance to North Head, with Rangitoto beyond. Two small steamers and a yacht are in the water. There is a rocky shore and cliff in the foreground Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - H.S.C. in brushpoint Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 245 x 447 mm Provenance: Previously on sale at a Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington

Date: 1927

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0997-1/2-G

Description: 2YA radio station under construction at the top of Mt Victoria, Wellington, 1927. Shows the Miramar peninsula on the right and Somes Island to the left. Photographer unidentified. From box containing EP-0993 to 0997 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/2-050936-F

Description: Mount Victoria and Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1910. Shows a bush fire in the background. St Gerard's Church is on the left. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: after 1932

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047742-G

Description: Oriental Bay and Mt Victoria, Wellington, with St Gerard's Monastery on the left. The boat harbour is in the foreground. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith after 1932. St Gerard's Monastery was opened in 1932. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-032

Description: In the foreground a man on horseback is herding cattle. Beyond him is a valley with farmland and Mount Victoria in the middle distance, Wellington Harbour just visible beyond that Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 216 x 366 mm